What are the correct springs to use on a 460 Ford, 5K rpm.


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I received a suspicious email asking about my boat tonight. It was purposely ILL worded as are scammer emails. It did link to the site but never the less I thought I’d through it out there.


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Well I previously wiped a cam and recently put the engine back together with essentially the same components. Problem is I lost 400-500 RPM in the process.   

460 Ford .030 over, different block

KB Hypers, new rings and gapped to marine specs

Comp Cam 585/305, 1/4 turn lash on hydronic lifters

New lifters and push rods

Same valves lapped & shimmed

Eagle H Beam rods

Rotating assembly balance way within 1/2 gram

Dual Holley 600’s with tunnel ram

Aggressor A impeller.

The only changes were a different block (not decked) and the Eagle rods which replaced stock rods. Compression test showed 120PSI across the board and the plugs look clean almost too clean like it’s running lean. Idles perfect and runs good except I stay at 4500 rpm with a lot of peddle left. Vacuum at WOT is essentially zero.

Can not decking the block create this much of a compression loss?  Do I need to re check valve lash and timing?  I’m at a loss and pretty disappointed.

Thanks for any help in advance.

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I’ve seen this done one other time and thought it looked cool. Put the Sanger Hydro Guy knob onto the diverter handle. Came out nice.


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So just a heads up because I have never seen this before. My Gauge went to about 10.  Decided to pull it and take it down to be tested. Brand new battery by the way.  Started to loosens the fasteners and both halts of the alternator housing came apart. The bolts that kept them together we're gone. Now somewhere under the oil pan I guess. For safety now check those bolts...  B


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I'm looking for just the handle for a project...  Thanks for looking. B


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Am I supposed to Locktite the studs in the the bowl???


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Cheby guys won't appreciate this post cuz their too busy repairing their stuff instead of building extra motors...  So the wife and I follow up on a craigslist add for a BBF. The sellers friend is in the scrap business but doesn't want to mess with cleaning up the oil and such on motors and sells this motor to the guy we met today who isn't Internet or Ford Savy so he lets his daughter list it on Craig's.  He hopes the engine is a Boss 429 and in his disappointment decides to sell it because it only has a 2 bolt main and described it as just a regular 429.  Nope this guy sold me a virgin 429 CJ D0VE-A motor complete with D0VE-C heads also Virgin.  Now he's a car guy so I didn't steal it but I just retired and this is going to be a great project. Almost feel bad for tearing it apart. Some Grand Torino restoration would kill for this thing.


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What's the correct amp breaker for a typical jet boat with no stereo?


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Anyone have an easy step by step for the wiring changes?


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